This attraction is located 12 miles west of Revelstoke, BC, (halfway between Vancouver and Calgary), where it has built a completely covered roundhouse. It seems to have a turntable, and the web site mentioned plans for an operational 100’ one in the past. Recent photos show a fully decked over one but can anyone confirm it is actually an operational turntable, its length, and where it came from?

Yes, but similar statements have been on their site for a long time. Has anyone actually seen it? You can see a track on the circular wooden floor, which wasn't there before, but has anyone seen it rotate?

It sort of looks like a "tourist focused" variation of the Age of Steam complex in SugarCreek, OH.

The Building is definitely "new construction", as opposed to a preexisting building. To the builder's credit, everything is under cover! That includes the passenger cars under the sheds of the replica train station building on site near the road.

Aerial photos of the site do not appear to show any tracks located on site which are not covered. The is clearly no connection to the nearby active rails. The entire complex looks like a very large roadside tourist attraction.

The building has a few "extensions" to the main part of the roundhouse complex which I believe form the basis for their claim that the facility is the "largest" covered roundhouse. The roundhouse building does appear to cover a slightly larger surface area than the B&O Museum roundhouse in Baltimore.

However, the B&O Roundhouse in Baltimore is "the real deal" - A genuine vintage roundhouse . This building is obviously a "replica" at best.

I toured the complex with the owner about a decade ago. However, it is not a normal part of most tours. It is an amazing roundhouse and turntable, with quite a collection hidden away. I recall a number of passenger cars in various state of restoration. I'm on the road but can look up the details when I get home.

The complex includes a large restaurant and a number of older buildings, many open with displays. The place is worth a stop.

The roundhouse is home to a rather eclectic collection of rolling stock, coaches, at least one caboose and I think one steam locomotive, maybe more.

They have/had a park train as well, and I saw photo of the entire park train on the turntable. However, the least time I checked the site, I could find no mention of the train ride, and I somehow got the impression it no longer operates, though that may not be correct.

Does anyone have information on the Climax engine that is supposed to be there? Steamlocomotive.info says it was built in 1893 (the first year of the Class B) but doesn't give a construction number, and the only photo shows what appears to be just a pile of parts amid vegetation.

Today I got a message from the owners of this attraction, and was told that their turntable is one that they had built for them, not one moved from a railroad elsewhere. I've asked them to verify its 100 foot length and when it was installed. I'll post any further information I get.

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